Chimney Services | Sterling Chimney Sweep Inc

Certified chimney technician using rotary rods and HEPA dust vacuum inside living room

Triple HEPA Negative Air

Core Service

Professional Chimney Sweeping & Flue Cleaning

When wood burns, smoke condenses inside your cool chimney flue, leaving behind a highly flammable, tar-like byproduct known as creosote. If allowed to accumulate, even a single stray spark can ignite a fierce 2,000°F chimney fire that threatens your entire roof structure.

Our sweeping process uses heavy-duty flexible rods with specialized brush heads rotated at precise speeds to scour the interior flue walls from hearth to crown. Meanwhile, an industrial-strength HEPA filtration vacuum draws air into the fireplace, ensuring zero soot particles, ash, or dust escape into your home.

Full Flue & Chamber Sweep: Complete extraction of creosote deposits.
Smoke Shelf De-sooting: Cleaning behind the damper where heavy ash collects.
Damper Tune-Up: Lubricating and adjusting damper plates for airtight sealing.
Zero Soot Promise: Heavy drop cloths protect all carpets and flooring.

Schedule Sweeping: (629) 529-5046 Request Quote

Chimney technician holding digital video inspection monitor showing internal flue tiles

High Definition Scans

Diagnostic Excellence

Level 1, 2 & 3 Video Chimney Inspections

You cannot evaluate the safety of a chimney simply by shining a flashlight from the living room floor. Most dangerous chimney failures—such as cracked terracotta clay liners, missing mortar joints, and internal wood framing clearance violations—occur 15 to 30 feet up the chimney chase.

At Sterling Chimney Sweep Inc, we deploy specialized 360-degree high-definition robotic inspection cameras that travel through the entire length of your flue. You watch the live feed with our technician, seeing every square inch of your system in crystal-clear detail.

Level 1 Inspection: Recommended annual visual assessment of all readily accessible portions.
Level 2 Camera Scan: Mandatory for real estate transactions, home sales, or following a chimney fire / severe storm.
Itemized Digital Report: Complete photographic documentation for insurance, home buyers, or personal records.

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Skilled mason tuckpointing mortar joints and repairing concrete chimney crown on roof

Master Masonry Craft

Structural Restoration

Masonry Repair, Tuckpointing & Crown Rebuilding

Tennessee weather puts immense strain on exterior masonry. Rainwater enters unsealed brick pores; during winter freeze-thaw cycles, this moisture expands, cracking mortar joints and causing brick faces to pop off (known as spalling).

Left unaddressed, water seeps into attic insulation, stains ceilings, and causes the chimney structure to tilt or collapse. Our masonry specialists restore structural soundness through precision tuckpointing, custom-poured reinforced concrete crowns, and elastomeric waterproof sealants.

Chimney Crown Reconstruction: Poured fiber-reinforced crowns with drip edges that shed water safely.
Precision Mortar Tuckpointing: Grinding out deteriorated mortar and packing new color-matched weather-resistant compound.
Flashing & Counter-Flashing: Replacing rusted lead or copper roof flashing to permanently eliminate ceiling leaks.

Call for Masonry Estimate: (629) 529-5046 Request Assessment

Technician installing durable stainless steel chimney cap and spark arrestor

Lifetime Stainless Steel

Protection & Efficiency

Stainless Steel Chimney Caps & Top Dampers

An uncovered chimney top is an open hole directly into your living room. Rain, birds, squirrels, leaves, and embers have unrestricted access. An unshielded chimney leads to rusted metal fireboxes, ruined dampers, foul animal odors, and water damage.

We install 100% heavy-gauge stainless steel and copper chimney caps with integrated spark arrestor mesh. In addition, our energy-saving top-sealing dampers seal the flue right at the very top of the chimney with a silicone gasket, preventing conditioned heated air from escaping your house when the fireplace is not in use.

Animal & Rain Defense: Keeps raccoons, chimney swifts, bats, and downpours out.
Spark Arrestor: Stops stray airborne embers from reaching your cedar shake or shingle roof.
Top-Sealing Dampers: Cuts heating bills by eliminating drafty cold air downdrafts.

Call for Cap Installation: (629) 529-5046 Get Sizing Quote

Technician working on rooftop flue relining and chimney liner install

UL-Listed Stainless Steel

Safety Engineering

Chimney Relining & Flue Liner Replacement

The flue liner is the critical conduit that channels deadly combustion fumes and carbon monoxide safely outside your home. In older homes across Middle Tennessee, clay tile liners often develop vertical stress cracks or crumbling mortar joints.

A cracked liner allows extreme thermal energy to ignite nearby wooden framing behind your drywall. We install seamless, insulated UL-1777 listed stainless steel liners that restore the safety, draft efficiency, and longevity of your chimney for a lifetime.

Titanium-Alloy Stainless Liners: Impervious to acidic creosote and gas condensates.
Thermal Ceramic Insulation: Optimizes updraft and prevents dangerous heat transfer.
Lifetime Warranty Protection: Transferable security that adds real value to your home.

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Common Inquiries

Frequently Asked Chimney Questions

Clear answers to common questions about fireplace maintenance, safety inspections, and chimney care.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 211 states that chimneys, fireplaces, and vents should be inspected at least once a year for soundness, freedom from deposits, and correct clearances. Cleaning should be performed whenever 1/8 inch or more of creosote deposit is present on flue walls.

Not with Sterling Chimney Sweep Inc! We provide a 100% Mess-Free Guarantee. We use clean drop cloths, shoe protectors, and high-velocity triple-HEPA vacuum containment that creates negative air pressure inside the fireplace. Every bit of soot is pulled straight into our filter system—none escapes into your living space.

A Level 1 inspection is a routine visual check of readily accessible interior and exterior components during regular annual maintenance. A Level 2 inspection includes everything in Level 1 plus a full digital video scan of the interior flue tiles, along with examination of attic, basement, and crawlspace clearances. Level 2 is required by NFPA codes whenever buying or selling a home, or following an operating malfunction or chimney fire.

Water intrusion typically comes from four common issues: a missing or damaged chimney cap, cracked concrete chimney crown, deteriorated roof flashing where the brick meets the roof shingles, or porous bricks absorbing driving rain. Our technicians pinpoint the exact leak path and provide guaranteed weather-seal repairs.

Sterling Chimney Sweep Inc is open Sunday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM (Saturdays closed). You can reach our dispatch desk at (629) 529-5046 or book online anytime.